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You can't train troops from 'behind the wire'Military | 207244 hits | 9:35 AM on Monday | posted by Daniel Rambo Richmond
Taliban leadership targeted, suspected insurgents detainedMilitary | 206656 hits | 9:33 AM on Monday | posted by Daniel Rambo Richmond
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two Afghan and coalition security operations resulted in the peaceful capture of several suspected insurgents in eastern and southern Afghanistan yesterday. Victoria Cross returns to Winnipeg
As part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, the regiment asked for the loan of Lieutenant Robert Shankland’s medal group from the Canadian War Museum for a display in the Manitoba Museum. Afghanistan is not 'quickly resolved,' Bob Rae saysMilitary | 206925 hits | 8:44 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to keep Canadian troops in Afghanistan past the end of next summer will not receive hardline opposition from Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae, who says Canada must play a vital role in promoting democracy abr Gala raises millions for Canadian troops
When Gen. Walt Natynczyk met two Canadian sergeants sitting on top of a tank in Kandahar last Christmas Eve, they had one question. “They wondered if anyone back home cared what they were doing,” the chief of defence staff for the Canadian Armed Forces re Manitoba WWII veterans tell their stories in new book
Two Manitoba WWII veterans are telling their stories in a new book by the Historica Dominion Institute. Heroic trio honoured
Valour Road is believed to be the world’s only street that has been home to three Victoria Cross recipients, and was renamed in 1925 in the men’s honour. 'Inside-the-wire' Afghan plan has soldiers talking
Reports that Canada is seriously considering taking on a NATO training mission in Afghanistan after current combat operations end next summer have given a jolt of adrenalin to many troops now serving in Kandahar. Afghan plan includes up to 1,000 troops
Canada would keep as many as 1,000 troops in Kabul as part of a plan to extend the country's mission in Afghanistan and convert it into a non-combat role after 2011 Canadian soldiers to train Afghan troops after missionMilitary | 206749 hits | 7:43 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada will end its combat mission as scheduled in July 2011, but some Canadian soldiers will move to Kabul to train Afghan troops, senior officials tell CTV. Veterans to protest compensation changesMilitary | 206591 hits | 6:19 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Thousands of veterans are planning protests this morning outside their local MPs' constituency offices to demand changes to the way veterans, widows and injured soldiers are compensated. Celebrating 50 years of CC-130 Hercules operations in Canada
Canada’s Air Force will honour the 50th anniversary of CC-130 Hercules operations in Canada at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton on Nov. 15, 2010. New joint program supports injured veterans
The Department of National Defence, the Canadian Forces (CF), and Commissionaires announce the signing of the Return to Work (RTW) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide employment to veterans injured in the line of duty. Canada relocating Camp Mirage operations to Cyprus
STELLARTON, N.S. — Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the Canadian military will use facilities in Cyprus in addition to a base in Germany as a supply route for its mission in Afghanistan after the closing of Camp Mirage. TROOPS TO ASSEMBLE IN VALCARTIER IN PREPARATION FOR AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT
To celebrate the departure of members of 1 Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group (1 R22eR BG), the last Canadian battle group to conduct combat operations on Afghan soil, the military will hold a gathering of nearly 1,400 soldiers Thursday in Valcart Loss of Dubai airfield costs tens of millions
The Canadian military's nearly 10-year association with its not-so-secret airbase in the United Arab Emirates ends Wednesday. After a modest military ceremony at Camp Mirage, the last Canadian flight from there -- a CC-130 Hercules transport -- will take Pentagon May See Higher F-35 Costs, Delays Up to Three Years
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon’s costliest program, may see more price increases and new schedule delays of as much as three years, two government officials familiar with the matter said. F-35 Lightning II: the right tool at the best value
Lieutenant-General André Deschamps appeared before the Senate Committee on National Defence (SCOND) last week to discuss the mandatory, high-level capabilities that are necessary for Canada’s next fighter aircraft. 100th anniversary of Niobe's arrival marked
The 100th anniversary of the arrival of HMCS Niobe in Canada, as well as the reopening of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s Navy Galley, were marked October 21 in Halifax. Canadian Forces eye Obama's chopper cast-offs
The Defence Department is looking at whether it should buy U.S. President Barack Obama’s helicopter cast-offs as spare parts for the Canadian air force’s Cormorant search-and-rescue choppers. MacKay apologizes to mother of dead soldierMilitary | 207907 hits | 8:26 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The mother of a soldier who took his own life after serving in Afghanistan has received an apology from the minister of defence. A Canadian icon celebrates a milestone
The pursuit of perfection, professionalism, and strong team spirit are virtues that Canadian Forces members strive to possess and which the iconic Snowbirds have come to symbolize with their distinctive red and blue flight suits, smoke-trailing CT-114 Tut N.S. soldier to be retried in shooting death
A new court martial has been granted for a Nova Scotia soldier who won an appeal and had his guilty verdict set aside in the fatal shooting of his friend and comrade in Afghanistan. Afghan withdrawal on track, Gen. Natynczyk says
OTTAWA — The country's top military commander says the Canadian Forces has a plan to withdraw from Afghanistan and he's confident it will work -- despite the loss of a key transit base. Canadian soldiers resume mentoring Afghan National Army after turbulent spring
HAJI BABA, Afghanistan - It was shaping up to be a boring summer for Capt. Pete Reintjes and his small team of mentors for the Afghan National Army. That was back in the spring. Internal DND audit uncovers more red flags in other aircraft purchases
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department audit has raised red flags about another major aircraft purchase that's failed to get off the ground. Six Navy heroes recognized in Senate
Six Navy heroes, chosen to represent the work of Canadian sailors, were recognized in the Senate Chamber of Canada October 19 as part of Navy Appreciation Days on Parliament Hill organized by the Navy League of Canada (NLC). Military cuts to target reservists, paper pushers, general says
The soldier in charge of coming up with a leaner Canadian Forces is signalling that the axe will fall on the defence bureaucracy and the ranks of reservists to spare a fighting force that will be deployed to war zones and natural disasters. Afghan mission enters 'crucial' phase: MacKay
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says "crucial work" lies ahead for the Canadian Forces in the final nine months of its military mission in Afghanistan.US Lost Command of One-Ninth of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Arsenal Last Saturday
In fact, according to The Atlantic, a military officer briefed on the matter said that they have never experienced something so big: "[w]e can deal with maybe 5, 6, or 7 at a time, but we've never lost complete command and control and functionality of 50
In fact, according to The Atlantic, a military officer briefed on the matter said that they have never experienced something so big: "[w]e can deal with maybe 5, 6, or 7 at a time, but we've never lost complete command and control and functionality of 50 Whitehorse witnesses last flight for Hercules aircraft
After traveling the equivalent of six times to the moon, a CC-130E Hercules aircraft spent its final flying hours carrying out search and rescue (SAR) training north of the 60th parallel during the annual Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX), which took pla Military mortars found on Man. riverbank
Mortar shells belonging to the Canadian Forces were discovered lying exposed on a rural Manitoba riverbank and it's a mystery how they got there, RCMP said on Tuesday. Afghan, coalition force kills Taliban district leader in TakharMilitary | 206734 hits | 3:40 AM on Tuesday | posted by Daniel Rambo Richmond
KABUL, Afghanistan –– Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Takhar province yesterday, killing Qari Mahmad Umar, an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Military wants private security firm licensed
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Canadian military has acknowledged using an unlicensed private security firm to guard one of its forward operating bases. Veteran Bruyea gets apology
The federal government has apologized to Sean Bruyea, a Canadian Gulf War veteran and Veterans Affairs critic whose sensitive personal and medical information was illegally shared by officials in the department. N.S. veteran fed up with bureaucracy
A Nova Scotia veteran of the war in Afghanistan says he's fed up with the delays and bureaucracy at Veterans Affairs Canada. Snowbirds Celebrate 40 Years of Flight
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team is marking its 40th Anniversary this weekend with performances at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Task Force 3-10 completes Ex MAPLE GUARDIAN
CFB/ASU Wainwright (Alberta) — The Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan may be winding down, but for Task Force (TF) 3-10 the work has just begun. EXERCISE MAPLE GUARDIAN, which ran from 20 September to 3 October and involved over 2,600 soldiers, was a PM announces upgrade to aging N.L. military complex
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced the start of a long-awaited upgrade to an aging military complex in St. John's, N.L.Military laser fails two shootdown tests in row
WASHINGTON - A powerful laser aboard a converted Boeing Co 747 failed to shoot down a mock enemy ballistic missile in its second botched test in a row, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - A powerful laser aboard a converted Boeing Co 747 failed to shoot down a mock enemy ballistic missile in its second botched test in a row, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday. Military search and rescue in peril: report
A Canadian Forces report says its search and rescue services are threatened because it can't recruit and retain staff. Australian SAS solders left for dead in AfghanistanMilitary | 207242 hits | 8:06 AM on Thursday | posted by Daniel Rambo Richmond
AUSTRALIAN special forces troops were left for dead by two Dutch attack helicopters during a deadly ambush in Afghanistan. New capabilities touch down at 12 Wing Shearwater
12 Wing Shearwater, N.S., made history when one of Canada’s four CC-177 Globemaster III strategic airlifters touched down on the tarmac overlooking the Halifax Harbour on September 10, 2010. Canadians set up cordon around Panjwaii strongholdMilitary | 206719 hits | 4:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadian troops are tightening their grip on eastern Panjwaii as coalition allies move against insurgents in the western edge of the strategically important district near Kandahar city.White House wants gay soldier policy upheld for now
The Obama administration on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court to immediately suspend a judge's ruling that overturned the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
Military | 206600 hits | 3:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Obama administration on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court to immediately suspend a judge's ruling that overturned the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.Back to Canada News
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